Did you know the word "Nappy" is now racist?

[Bodd]

Well apparently it is


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle...-styles-issues-apology/ar-BB1bCpJF?li=BBoPWjQ

I think its time to learn sign language; so as not to offend.

 

[JP_]

I guess that happened in America. Safe to say it here. They call nappies diapers.

 

[IT Minion]

Bodd: Obsessing about racism since 2009.

 

[Bodd]

Bodd: Obsessing about racism since 2009.

Been longer than that,,,,,,, its been since I've been wearing diapers.

 

[crystal ball]

Its a negative reference to Afro type hair

 

[Bodd]

Its a negative reference to Afro type hair

I see that, I was not aware,
but Im not PC so doesn't really bother me as Im only ever going to call a nappy a nappy. However these words that now cause offence only seem to trip up the Woke brigade.

Candace Owens and her chums must have wonderful time with these flakes.

 

[crystal ball]

The whole article is about a world I have no interest in, never heard of any of the participants either, sleep well

 

[Bodd]

The whole article is about a world I have no interest in, never heard of any of the participants either, sleep well

Great statement.
another world these people live in. What goes on in the USA should stay in the USA

 

[JohnD]

Im only ever going to call a nappy a nappy.

And I'm only going to call a facemask a facemask.

 

[Bodd]

And I'm only going to call a facemask a facemask.

Thats right John! is it ok that I call you John?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Its a negative reference to Afro type hair

Who deems it offensive ? Can't see any resemblance between a nappy and an Afro, and in the link the didn't censor the word nappy, just the other 2 words. What those other words are is anyone's guess, the first is possibly ass, but why a member of the horse family is offensive beats me, but hey, let's not forget those people are American. As for the other censored word, not got a clue, but I doubt it's a real word.

 

[JP_]

Who deems it offensive ? Can't see any resemblance between a nappy and an Afro, and in the link the didn't censor the word nappy, just the other 2 words. What those other words are is anyone's guess, the first is possibly ass, but why a member of the horse family is offensive beats me, but hey, let's not forget those people are American. As for the other censored word, not got a clue, but I doubt it's a real word.

nappy (adj.)
"downy, having an abundance of nap on the surface," c. 1500, noppi, from nap (n.1) + -y (2). Earlier, of ale, "having a head, foamy" (mid-15c.), hence, in slang, "slightly intoxicated" (1721). Meaning "fuzzy, kinky," especially used in colloquial or derogatory reference to the hair of black people, is by 1840. It also was used of sheep. Related: Nappiness.

nappy (n.)
British colloquial for "baby's diaper," 1927, from use of napkin in this sense. Related: Nappies.

- https://www.etymonline.com/word/nappy

"Nappy's history is tangled up in the arrival of the first slave ships on the coastlines of the Americas in the 17th century. The likely origin of the term is the word nap, which was used to describe the frizzled threads raising from a piece of fabric. There is a lot of speculation that nap was redefined as a disparaging phrase for the coils and kinks in the hair of the African enslaved, in connection with the fields of cotton that drove the Colonial economy."

- https://www.npr.org/sections/codesw...l-roots-behind-the-term-nappy?t=1607092251040


It's a bit like fanny and muff.

 

[Ihavenojob]

It's a bit like fanny and muff.

And Faggots

 

[Bodd]

Who deems it offensive ? Can't see any resemblance between a nappy and an Afro, and in the link the didn't censor the word nappy, just the other 2 words. What those other words are is anyone's guess, the first is possibly ass, but why a member of the horse family is offensive beats me, but hey, let's not forget those people are American. As for the other censored word, not got a clue, but I doubt it's a real word.

In fairness to Chrystal its not world he lives him.... he never passed it as a law.


We are running out of words.... we should all start learning French or German as we won't have nothing to say soon.

 

[JP_]

And Faggots

I remember when I first lived in Coventry, and was a bit shocked when somebody said they were going out to get some faggots and asked if I wanted some.